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Tools for Manufacturing Pistols.

' Patented May 10, 1859.

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AUGUSTUS REBETEY, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MANHATTAN FIREARMS MANUF. (30., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOOL FOR MANUFACTURING PIS TOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,990, dated May 10, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS REBE'rny, of the city of Norwich, in thecounty of New London and State of Connecticut,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Tools for the Manufacture of Firearms; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and. exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference thereon.

In the manufacture of a certain kind of pistol, it is desirable, to havea recess, in the side plate thereof, finished smooth, on all itssurfaces, and of uniform figure, so that the side plate of one pistol,will answer for any other, of same description. This result can not bewell accomplished by hand tools, and the nature of my invention,consists in the use of a frame, in which, any successive number of sideplates, may be regularly adjusted, and a uniform recess cut in each, bymeans of a revolving cutter, guided by the outlines of a figure orprofile in one plate of such frame.

To enable others to comprehend and-use my invention, I describe itsoperation.

A B C D Figure 1, represents, an elevation, and C D Fig. 2, a view ofupper plate, and A B Fig. 3, of bottom plate of a frame, to hold theside plate of a cylinder pistol, for the purpose of finishing a recesstherein.

The upper plate C D, of frame Fig. 2 has an opening E F in it, shapedlike the recess to be finished in the side plate.

p The side plate G H Fig. 4, of pistol has a rough recess E F cast 1nit, which may be finished smooth, by fastening such side plate G H asseen in Fig. 1, by means of the screw I so that the rough recess, willcoincide with the profile E F, in the upper plate C D of frame Fig. 2.

K Fi 3 represents the head of screw I, Fig. 1, which is operated by awrench introduced through the circular opening in bottom plate of frame.

If the frame Fig. 1, containing the side plate G H, be placed on the bedL of a drill press and the spindle M, carrying the cutter N (two viewsof the cutter being shown in Figs. 5 and 6) be revolved rapidly, and thebed L of drill press be elevated, by the rack O and pinion P, so thatthe fiat face R of cutter I will press against the flat surface ofrecess E F in side plate, G H, and the frame, A B C D, be moved, about,on the bed L of drill press, governed by the shank S of cutter N,bearing against the outlines of profile E F, in upper plate of frame therough edges of recess in side plate, will be smoothed by the teeth onperiphery of cutter N and the flat surface of recess, will be smoothedby the teeth on fiat face of cutter, in a uniform and expeditiousmanner.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The use of a frame, constructed as herein described, having a profile inone plate of it, to shape and finish a corresponding recess in the sideplate of a pistol, by means of a revolving cutter, governed by theoutlines of such profile.

AUGUSTUS REBETEY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH GRULER, ALBERT BEACH.

